List of cities in Yemen Facts for Kids

A city in Yemen is a special kind of town. It's usually a main hub for a larger area, like a province or district. To be called a city, a place generally needs to have at least 5,000 people living there and offer important services like schools or hospitals.

Map of Yemen

Sana'a, the capital city of Yemen

The city of Ta'izz

The historic city of Aden

The coastal city of Mukalla

Cities in Yemen

Here is a list of some of the most important cities in Yemen. The list shows their population from a census in 1994 and an estimate from 2005.

Cities in Yemen
Rank	Name		Population		Governorate
Rank	Transcription	Arabic	Census 1994	Estimate 2005	Governorate
1.	Sana'a	صنعاء	954,448	2,431,649	Sana'a (Capital District)
2.	Ta'izz	تعز	317,571	596,672	Ta'izz
3.	Al Hudaydah	الحديدة	298,452	548,433	Al Hudaydah
4.	Aden	عدن	398,294	507,355	'Adan
5.	Ibb	إب	103,312	225,611	Ibb
6.	Dhamar	ذمار	82,920	160,114	Dhamar
7.	Mukalla	المكلا	122,359	144,137	Hadhramaut
8.	Seiyun	سيئون	111,728	120,137	Hadhramaut
9.	Zinjibar	(زنجبار (أبين	50,346	70,801	Abyan
10.	Sayyan	سيان	58,383	69,993	San‘a’
11.	Ash Shihr	الشحر	48,577	68,313	Hadhramaut
12.	Sahar	سحار	27,621	60,487	San‘a’
13.	Zabid	زبيد	44,239	50,781	Al Hudaydah
14.	Hajjah	حجة	24,645	46,568	Hajjah
15.	Bajil District	باجل	40,561	46,005	Al Hudaydah
16.	Dhi as-Sufal	ذي سفال	31,963	44,949	Ibb
17.	Rada'a	رداع	39,227	44,755	Al Bayda'
18.	Socotra	سقطرى	38,112	42,842	Hadhramaut
19.	Bait al-Faqih	بيت الفقيه	28,773	41,652	Al Hudaydah
20.	al-Marawi'a	المراوعة	30,504	39,911	Al Hudaydah
21.	Yarim	يريم	27,802	34,805	Ibb
22.	Al Bayda'	البيضاء	19,294	33,175	Al Bayda'
23.	'Amran	عمران	28,212	31,497	San‘a’
24.	Lahij	لحج	19,006	26,728	Lahij
25.	Abs	عبس	18,320	25,763	Hajjah
26.	Harad	حرض	15,710	22,093	Hajjah
27.	Dimnat Chadir		15,651	22,010	Ta'izz
28.	Ataq	عتق	13,995	19,681	Shabwah
29.	al-Mahabischa	المحابشة	12,918	18,166	Hajjah
30.	Baihan	بيحان	12,685	17,839	Shabwah
31.	Marib	مأرب	6,996	16,794	Ma'rib
32.	Thula	ثلاء	11,564	16,262	'Amran
33.	Az Zaydiyah	الزيدية	13,912	16,246	Al Hudaydah
34.	Mudiyah	مودية	11,071	15,569	Abyan
35.	Khamir	خمر	10,903	15,333	'Amran
36.	Hais	حيس	10,678	15,016	Ta'izz
37.	ad-Dahi	الضحى	10,496	14,760	Al Hudaydah
38.	Mocha	المخا	10,355	14,562	Ta'izz
39.	Al Ghaydah	الغيضة	7,785	10,948	Al Mahrah
40.	Al Mahwit	المحويت	9,060	10,593	Al Mahwit

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Cities in Yemen